What chemicals were involved? The chemical that was involved was cyanide and other heavy metals, which some of it were 100,000 cubic meters in total. The cyanide has wiped out plant and animal life as it travelled down the Tisza River, in one of Europe's worst environmental disasters since Chernobyl.
Why are they bad for the environment and for the people? It was bad for the environment and the people because the chemicals polluted the lake, causing the fish to become contaminated and die. The people then ate the fish and in turn became sick as a result. It wiped out the natural habitat for animals and plants.
What are the chemicals being used for? The chemicals were being used in a mining site and where the cyanide water was being stored had a leak.
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What chemicals were involved?
The chemical that was involved was cyanide and other heavy metals, which some of it were 100,000 cubic meters in total.
The cyanide has wiped out plant and animal life as it travelled down the Tisza River, in one of Europe's worst environmental disasters since Chernobyl.
Why are they bad for the environment and for the people?
It was bad for the environment and the people because the chemicals polluted the lake, causing the fish to become contaminated and die. The people then ate the fish and in turn became sick as a result. It wiped out the natural habitat for animals and plants.
What are the chemicals being used for?
The chemicals were being used in a mining site and where the cyanide water was being stored had a leak.
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